Issues with the anglo-saxon palace - known for it's 15th century chapel and 2.5-acre historic walled garden - include leaky guttering, damp, and ageing boilers that caretakers say need restoring.

but during Saxon times, they became much smaller. Richer Saxons lived in palaces. Archaeologists have found the remains of a wooden palace built for the King of Northumberland at Yeavering.